Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/09/27

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Subject: [Leica] SAAB (sob)
From: vintagebill at verizon.net (bill harting)
Date: Wed Sep 27 08:30:42 2006
References: <20060927141035.9088.qmail@web90402.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

That early Saab, if I'm not mistaken, had a cast aluminum grille. My 
dealer had installed such a grille as a drain cover outside the 
mechanics' door to his shop. Sacrileigious, I suspect.

Bill



Bill Smith wrote:
> A good example of how "ugly can be beautiful"--cars not women. Thanks for 
> sharing w/ us. 
> 
> Slobodan Dimitrov <s.dimitrov@charter.net> wrote:  That's the one to have.
> http://www.vsaab.com/Thor/thor_index.html
> 
> Any company that also has an Ur model can't be all that bad.
> http://www.saabmuseum.com/ursaab/index.html
> 
> Slobodan Dimitrov
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 27, 2006, at 5:30 AM, John Collier wrote:
> 
>> Later models had a Ford V-4.
>>
>> John Collier
>>
>> On 26-Sep-06, at 8:30 PM, Slobodan Dimitrov wrote:
>>
>>> It's a Saab 96 (Three cylinder, 2 stroke. The radiator is in back 
>>> of the engine, next to the firewall). If you wanted one, you had 
>>> to go to a third world country like Canada and drive it over the 
>>> border yourself. This one is from the 1960-1965 production. The 
>>> hood design places this one in the first 5 year production.
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